Green Room - Week 20 - Day 10

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Maybe you saw it.

But then again, maybe you didn't.

In yesterday's Green Room, I offered a deal. People have been asking me for more time.

They think that this week's entries are exceptional - and they want to have more time to read them. They want to have more time to tell their friends to get off their butts and read them. Because they think this week is a testament to just how damn good the writers in Season 9 of LJ Idol are.

Well, that's not how any of them put it. But that's what *I* thought when I read them.

I thought "this is what I was talking about when I've mentioned how much potential I saw" and (of course) "this is why I love intersections!"

I almost offered more time when I posted the poll itself. I actually wrote a different time, before checking it against "The Schedule" and realized that I couldn't afford to do that.

But people have asked me for more... and that got me thinking.

There is something *you* want, and something *I* want... and our interests can coincide!

People want more time to vote in the poll: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/778354.html

I can give you that... for a price, and under my terms.

I'm putting this week's poll on a pressure plate.

To make it easier on you, I'm going to paraphrase the film "Speed" here:

I want active Green Rooms.

You can give that to me.

If THIS Green Room has 100 comments or more by 5pm EDT. (Thursday, before the current deadline) the poll closure deadline is moved back one day.

If the following day (Friday) has a Green Room with a 100 or more comments, it moves back until MONDAY. Monday... until Tuesday.

Tuesday, regardless of how many comments we get, the bomb goes off and people go home...

I will also be nesting the Week 21 topic into this mix. It will be coming tomorrow, regardless!

So, you - the Idol community need to decide how much time you want for finish reading entries, and what you want to say in order to make that happen! :)

I think it's a more than fair deal. Everyone wins!

Hopefully you do as well.

Topic - Week 21

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I was going to go ahead and post the new Topic after the original deadline.

But then I decided, "Heck with it! I'll post it now!"

There has been a lot of speculation over what this topic is going to be - with many people saying that it was going to be another intersection, or using those topics.

Those people are wrong.

They are wrong because they lacked one valuable piece of information: this coming Monday, Sept 15th, is Cynthia's birthday.

So, a couple nights ago, I asked her to come up with the topic for this week.

My Idol-related present to her was to make YOU write something for her! :) What good is it to have minions if you don't make them labor for the amusement of your love?

Well, at least something based on the topic she provided.

Which is why this week's topic is:

The music made me do it

You have until Tuesday, Sept 16th at 8pm EDT to link your entries back to this thread.

Have fun!

Work Room - Week 21

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Week 20's poll is still going on: http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/778354.html which makes this an interesting chance for real time self-examination of what you think that you did well, and where you struggled during the intersection last week.

Maybe more importantly - did you learn anything from that process that you are going to bring to writing this week?

Does knowing the personal nature of the topic, for me, increase the pressure and general sense of dread? ;)

The place to link your new topic entries is http://therealljidol.livejournal.com/779089.html

The place is discuss all the other stuff involved with the topic, and writing, is right here!